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Recent Knowledge Base Articles Posted

Here is another collection of Microsoft Support Knowledge Base Articles that were recently posted/updated:

You may receive an error message when you run the Msinfo32.exe tool in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 – Fixes an issue in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 where Msinfo32.exe tool may return an . . .

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Microsoft Windows Installer Cleanup Utility Pulled

According to Knowledge Base Article 290301 Microsoft has decided to remove the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from service:

While the Windows Installer Cleanup utility resolved some installation problems, it sometimes damaged other components installed on the computer. Because of this, the tool has been removed from the Microsoft Download Center.

This small . . .

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Several Windows System Updates Posted at Microsoft Download Center

I just came across a long list of new updates that are available on the Microsoft Download Center for client versions of Windows. They are apparently the non-critical system updates like those released on Patch Tuesday each month. Probably important to download if your having any issues.

Here is the summary:

System . . .

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Introducing Microsoft Fix It

Well actually this isn’t an introduction – more like a get reacquainted session and meeting a new member of the family.

Microsoft Fix It came out a few months ago and is fully integrated into various knowledge base articles to give you a simple and fast method of implementing a fix to any . . .

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Windows Update Tuesday The August 08 Edition

Wow – a serious bumper crop of updates out there today for Microsoft’s operating system and other software programs of their making. 

11 total updates of which 6 are critical and 5 are important.

Critical Updates

• MS08-041 – addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Access (KB 955617)

• MS08-043 – addresses . . .

Read More: Windows Update Tuesday The August 08 Edition